ZyXEL Communications PLA-4xx Series About This User's Guide

About This User's Guide

PLA-4xx Series User’s Guide 3

About This User's Guide

Intended Audience

This manual is intended for people who want to configure the PLA-400, PLA-400 v2, PLA-

401, PLA-402 and PLA-470 using the PLA-4xx Series Configuration Utility version

3.0.0(AG). You should have your basic Internet access or home network already set up.

Related Documentation

• Quick Start Guide

The Quick Start Guide is designed to help you get up and running right away. It contains

information on making your hardware connections.

• Supporting Disk

Refer to the included CD for support documents.

• ZyXEL Web Site

Please refer to www.zyxel.com for additional support documentation and product

certifications.

User Guide Feedback

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improvement to the following address, or use e-mail instead. Thank you!

The Technical Writing Team,

ZyXEL Communications Corp.,

6 Innovation Road II,

Science-Based Industrial Park,

Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan.

E-mail: techwriters@zyxel.com.tw

Contents

Main Page About This User's Guide Document Conventions 1 " Safety Warnings 1 Page Table of Contents Part II: Using the PLA-4xx..................................................................... 25 Part III: Appendices and Index.............................................................. 53 List of Figures Page List of Tables Page Page Page CHAPTER 1 Introducing the PLA-4xx 1.1 Overview 1.2 Expand Your Network with the PLA-4xx 1.3 Ways to Manage the PLA-4xx " 1.4 Security 1.4.1 Passwords 1.4.2 Setting Up Security " 1.5 Multiple Networks Page CHAPTER 2 Installing the Utility 2.1 Overview of the Installation Process " 2.2 Installing the Utility Page Page Page Page Page Page Page CHAPTER 3 Managing Your PLA-4xx B A 3.1 Overview 3.2 Starting the Configuration Utility 3.3 Configuration Screen Chapter 3 Managing Your PLA-4xx PLA-4xx Series Users Guide 29 " Figure 12 Configuration Screen The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 2 Configuration Screen Note: Only devices which share the same network name are displayed in this table. " Page The following table describes the labels in this screen. 3.6 Advanced Screen " website to download the latest utility and firmware for your ZyXEL HomePlug AV adapter. Table 3 Network Info Screen Page Page Chapter 3 Managing Your PLA-4xx PLA-4xx Series Users Guide 35 3.7 About Screen The following table describes the labels in this screen. Figure 17 About Screen Table 5 Advanced Screen Table 6 About Screen Page CHAPTER 4 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial 4.0.1 Overview " 4.0.2 Important Terms 4.0.3 Accessing Your Powerline Adapter 34 4.0.4 Adding a Powerline Adapter Internet " AB C Page 4.0.6 Splitting a Network into Two Networks B A 4.1 Troubleshooting Page Page CHAPTER 5 LEDs and Troubleshooting 5.1 LEDs 5.1.1 PLA-401 Chapter 5 LEDs and Troubleshooting 5.1.2 PLA-400/400 v2/402 The following tables describes the lights behavior. Figure 34 PLA-400/402 Lights Table 8 PLA-400/402 Lights Chapter 5 LEDs and Troubleshooting 5.1.3 PLA-470 Table 9 PLA-400 v2 Lights 5.2 Power and Light Problems V 5.3 Configuration Utility Problems V 5.4 Powerline Problems V Page Page PLA-4xx Series Users Guide 55 APPENDIX A Product Specifications The following tables summarize the PLA-4xxs hardware and firmware features. Table 11 Hardware Specifications Appendix A Product Specifications Table 11 Hardware Specifications Table 12 Firmware Specifications Wall-mounting Instructions " 1 Cable Pin Assignments RJ-45 Connector Pin Assignments APPENDIX B Customer Support Page Page Page Page Page APPENDIX C Legal Information Copyright Certifications Page ZyXEL Limited Warranty Page Index PLA-4xx Series Users Guide 69 Index Symbols A C D N P R S T